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May 24, 2014
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he is angry at america but only in the way an american can be. like the way you can be angry with your parents like no one else can be. he is angry as an american even though he lost his passport. he never loses track of that or his negro roots and the fact he has a place in the world that is defined necessarily and also as every person's place is by the nation and group to which you belong. and that is in a way that allows you to speak and recognize what you are while value and recognizing and respecting what others are. and that is how you live with cosmopolitan. i remember my father who left us a letter when he died and he said remember you are sit citizens of the world. and part of what he meant by that was i don't care where you go -- we would not be worried that we didn't live in ghana but he would be worried if he lived in a place and didn't work to make it better. he shares this thought that the way to live your obligation to humanity is through local obligations -- or not obligations but caring about the locality and the specific place i
he is angry at america but only in the way an american can be. like the way you can be angry with your parents like no one else can be. he is angry as an american even though he lost his passport. he never loses track of that or his negro roots and the fact he has a place in the world that is defined necessarily and also as every person's place is by the nation and group to which you belong. and that is in a way that allows you to speak and recognize what you are while value and recognizing and...
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May 19, 2014
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he's angry at america only in the way that america can be. there's a way thathere is a waye angry at your parents and he is angry with america. but so he never loses track of that and of the fact that he has a place in the world but for him is defining as every person's place by the nation, the race, the group in the way that allows you to speak what you are while respecting what the other people are. my father left us and said among other things part of what he meant by that was i don't care where you go. he would be worried if we lived in a place that didn't make that better and so he shares this thought that the way to live to humanity is in part through the local obligations caring about the look out at the end of specific place in which you li live. >> of course you and on the note about how this might be the most influential forces in history because it is tied to the imagination so you have the sensitivity to the suffering and the ability to conceive of the different world that we live in that is more just and free and democratic budge
he's angry at america only in the way that america can be. there's a way thathere is a waye angry at your parents and he is angry with america. but so he never loses track of that and of the fact that he has a place in the world but for him is defining as every person's place by the nation, the race, the group in the way that allows you to speak what you are while respecting what the other people are. my father left us and said among other things part of what he meant by that was i don't care...
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May 28, 2014
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in the way that only in america can be. and he's angry as an american. and so he did that is at a place in the world as every person does by the recent group to which he belongs in a way that allows you to be what you are while recognizing what else they are and that is how you do it and so than my father left us a letter as i was instructed in this way. so part of that was i don't care where you go and he would be worried and he said that he is part of the way to live the obligation of humanity with the local obligations caring about this in which we live. >> universal obligations and acted and we would like to end on a note on how these are some of the most influential forces in human history. and we have the courage and empathy than the one that we live in and this includes not being confused with parochialism. so it allows you to be routed with not a difference denying this as well. >> and so this has been a part of the culture. >> yes. so i think that the language is so beautiful and that the concept of race it might b
in the way that only in america can be. and he's angry as an american. and so he did that is at a place in the world as every person does by the recent group to which he belongs in a way that allows you to be what you are while recognizing what else they are and that is how you do it and so than my father left us a letter as i was instructed in this way. so part of that was i don't care where you go and he would be worried and he said that he is part of the way to live the obligation of...